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I had this surgery last Feb. You'll be feeling so much better. Hope you do well and recover quickly.
Got the news I was not wanting. I am having anterior cervical fusion surgery tomorrow at noon. I got the opinions of two neurologist and they both though given what they are seeing in my MRI and what pain I have, that this is the best option for me. I will be off work awhile, but the good news is they say I can more than likely use a putter around home and at the course in just a week or so. Not what I was hoping for, but in the long run this sounds like the best option to get back to being mostly pain free, working and playing golf. They say work and golf should be ok in a few weeks.
My brother and I both had the same surgery last year. I stayed overnight but my brother came home the same day. They had me hooked up to a morphine pump and it made me sick. He was given pain pills and sent home and did fine. You will have several days or longer trying to find a comfortable way to sleep. That's the worse part. He slept in his recliner and I bought a wedge pillow to prop on. I doubt you will want to putt the first week. I think they let me play golf in 5-6 weeks. Best wishes!!!
Hoosier, god speed sir.
well I saw my doctor today and he order an MRI for next week to see if I have any issue with the spin. The pain I have been dealing with is tied into the neck region. Pain management until next week. I hope it all goes away soon.
Little bit nervous this morning. Hard part is no food or water since midnight. Leaving in about a half hour, surgery in 3 1/2 hours. I'm ready as one can be to just get on with it and get the healing process started. I have never missed more than 2 weeks of work at any one time ever in my life and then it has only ever been for vacation. Been home nearly 3 weeks now and I'm looking at no less than 6 weeks more. I'll be going stir crazy soon I'm sure. Thanks everyone for allowing me to whine a bit and share what is happening. Good health is key to everything we do and I've taken mine for granted a long long time. Hope to be back here later this evening!
Little bit nervous this morning. Hard part is no food or water since midnight. Leaving in about a half hour, surgery in 3 1/2 hours. I'm ready as one can be to just get on with it and get the healing process started. I have never missed more than 2 weeks of work at any one time ever in my life and then it has only ever been for vacation. Been home nearly 3 weeks now and I'm looking at no less than 6 weeks more. I'll be going stir crazy soon I'm sure. Thanks everyone for allowing me to whine a bit and share what is happening. Good health is key to everything we do and I've taken mine for granted a long long time. Hope to be back here later this evening!
Glad to hear the surgery went well, hope you are back up and running soon without any further problems
Sore throat - don't you just love the airways that they put down your throat while you are under the anaesthetic....I hope they took it out before you came round too much, I remember having a very lucid moment as I was coming round after an op on my hand and I felt like I was choking on it as they took it out....not a nice memory
Well, a couple more days have passed. I'm still dealing with a very sore throat and I'm still having trouble swallowing. They told me this would happen so no surprise there I guess. The good news in all of this at this point is that the pain I was having before the surgery in my left shoulder and left arm is all but gone. Makes me feel better knowing that they were right and that the surgery was worth it.
Some of you may know that I was chosen last week here at THP to test the new Ping True Roll putter. I knew when I signed up that I was having these health issues, but I wasn't sure the surgery would be needed. GG contacted me I think last Thursday about ordering the putters from Ping. I decided to PM JB and let him know what was going on with me right now to see if he thought I should back out and let someone else take my place. He said I should go ahead and do the testing. I just want to do what is best for THP & Ping. I feel like I will be fine to do putter testing in a week or so and the surgeon agreed this would be all right. I can begin testing here at home first and then some at the course when it warms up a bit. I can give this a lot of time because I won't return to work any sooner than April 24th when I see the neurosurgeon again.
I don't think anyone at PING or THP will be upset! Glad you're feeling better! Get yourself healthy and then worry about the testing. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!